Meaning of heterozygous

het•er•o•zy•gous

Pronunciation: (het"ur-u-zī'gus), [key]

— adj. Biol.

having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
of or pertaining to a heterozygote.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

heterozygous (Thesaurus)

heterozygote heth

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